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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Goldman Sachs Backed Climate Innovation and Development Fund Announce Its First Blended-Finance InvestmentsThe Bloomberg Philanthropies and Goldman Sachs-backed Climate Innovation and Development Fund (“the Fund”) has completed its first set of blended-finance investments focused on innovation across the sustainable transport sector in each of India and Vietnam. These initial investments are the first realization of the Fund’s potential to unlock up to...
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Global Health Checkup: Celebrating Progress in Vietnam to Reduce Tobacco Use, Seeking Opportunities to Go FurtherBy Dr. Kelly Henning, Public Health program lead at Bloomberg Philanthropies An astounding 45 percent of adult males in Vietnam use tobacco, compared to only 1 percent of women. These high smoking rates among men in Vietnam are at the core of the country’s health problems with more than 40,000 tobacco-related deaths each year. The challenges in Vie...
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Marking World No Tobacco Day in VietnamBy Kelly Henning, Public Health Team Today is World No Tobacco Day, a day that highlights the importance of reducing tobacco use across the globe. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ representatives spent the run up to this important landmark in Vietnam, which recently brought into force a new tobacco control law.
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Vietnam Takes Major Step to Reduce Tobacco UseBy Kelly Henning, Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Team Vietnam is home to more than 15 million adult smokers—a staggering one-sixth of the country’s total population. But yesterday, a new law went into effect that will reduce that number, saving lives and reducing Vietnam’s healthcare burden through proven tobacco use reduction strategies.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Goldman Sachs Catalyse ~$500 Million of Investment in the Clean Energy Transition in South and Southeast AsiaBloomberg Philanthropies and Goldman Sachs announced that the Climate Innovation and Development Fund (CIDF) has completed allocating its $25 million in philanthropic concessional capital to help advance sustainable low-carbon economic development in South and Southeast Asia.
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Around the worldAnnual Report / Around the World Around the World Bloomberg Philanthropies’ programs span 700 cities and 150 countries, where we work to save and improve lives. Read on below for examples of our global reach and the impact we are making at the local level. • The Arts • Education • Environment • Public Health • Government Innovation • Bloomberg Asso...
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Public HealthAnnual Report / Public Health Annual Report 2022-2023: Public Health Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Public Health program takes on the world’s leading causes of death from noncommunicable diseases and injuries. We follow the data, build strong partnerships with governments and other organizations, and spread proven solutions to save lives. Overview Redu...
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Bloomberg at COP27Mike Bloomberg, UN Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions and founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, is participating in COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where representatives from over 190 countries are gathering to discuss progress being made on tackling climate change. In the 45 days leading up to COP27, 92 climate action...
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Countdown to COP27Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt November 6 – 18, 2022 Days Until COP27: 0 Actions Taken: 92 Designed to turbocharge climate progress from public, private, and civil society actors around the world, Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies unveiled dozens of climate actions through investments, partnerships, and capacity-building and educational efforts d...